It became a secular lordship (see Lord Balmerino) at the beginning of the 17th century and fell into ruin.
Coals have to be brought from Newburgh or Balmerino or the Balbirnie pit; though some use English coal, brought in vessels to the beach.
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According to the 1853 Gazetteer, in part: "Flisk parish is bounded on the north by the Tay, on the south by Creich and Abdie, on the east by Balmerino and on the west by Dunbog.
William Laud concurring, Balmerino was pardoned, but was ordered to be confined for life within six miles of his house at Balmerino.
The school had 8 houses named after abbeys in Scotland: Balmerino, Melrose, Jedburgh, Lindores, Paisley, Kelso, Iona and Dunkeld.